Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:39 pm
Every single election is Kang v. Kodos.GORDON wrote:I think I am at the point where my disdain for Democrats is not enough to keep me voting for Republicans.
Every single election is Kang v. Kodos.GORDON wrote:I think I am at the point where my disdain for Democrats is not enough to keep me voting for Republicans.
GORDON wrote:Or... can one un-register to vote? At least then no more jury duty summons.
That should immediately put you under suspicion because it shows you give a fuck about voting and think it matters.GORDON wrote:Wonder what happens if you have someone report you as dead to the local election board. Wonder how far it would spread before it caused you real problems.
Ben Carson: wait, I've got more.Malcolm wrote:Ben Carson, expert on human psychology and sexuality:The Baltimore neurosurgeon made the outlandish claims to television host Chris Cuomo on a segment of CNN’s morning show “New Day” after the anchor asked if he thought people had control over their sexual orientation, during a discussion about same-sex marriage.
“Absolutely,” Carson began his bizarre argument. “Because a lot of people who go into prison — go into prison straight, and when they come out they’re gay. So did something happen while they were in there?”
“I do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation. For myself I remember very clearly how alluring I found the showers after gym class in high school, until the day I decided to follow Gods will and remain a heterosexual. I know that orientation is a choice because it is a choice I myself have made."
For myself I remember very clearly how alluring I found the showers after gym class in high school, until the day I decided to <s>follow Gods will</s> completely suppress any exploration of my own sexuality for fear of being confused and ostracized and <s>remain</s> retreat back into the tiny corner of my psyche where the hard choices are already made for me, like the decision to be a heterosexual.
I was just thinking that today as I saw people get in a huff over the waist of the live action Cinderella character.GORDON wrote:Not because I would have cared about his opinion, but because I like to think he would have just blinked at that person and asked him if he had anything more important to worry about, today.
Absolutely. I felt that way with the evolution question with Scott Walker. About as relevant to the situations the next President will have to address as whether he thinks Jesus Christ was right or left handed.GORDON wrote:I'm trying to imagine what George Washington would have answered if someone asked him in 1785 (or whenever he was running for first President) his thoughts about homosexuality.
Not because I would have cared about his opinion, but because I like to think he would have just blinked at that person and asked him if he had anything more important to worry about, today.
About as relevant to the situations the next President will have to address as whether he thinks Jesus Christ was right or left handed.
The reality of CC is, in spite of the school system telling us that normal academics would not be disrupted by the CC testing, it has completely been disrupted by the CC testing. The entire 3rd quarter of school has been completely devoted to daily CC practice testing, and then the testing itself. There have been very few things to get them their actual grade for this quarter. So few things that a recent homework assignment, a simple 7-word word search for reading class, had the same weight as a spelling test and counted for 7% of the entire grade. This became a problem since it wasn't marked in the assignment book as something to be turned in.TheCatt wrote:I really have no issue with CC, other than all the whining. God parents whine so fucking much.
If we need a new system, do what Japan does because they're curb stomping us.
Also, why reinvent the wheel?
The school apparently gets money based on the overall results of this CC testing, and the teachers somehow get evaluated according to this CC testing.
There's so much pressure being put on 9 year old kids that they come home crying, hating school, never wanting to go back. Good job, educators.
Here's where you are completely wrong. The CC is not the test. The test is end of grade testing that is there regardless of the curriculum.GORDON wrote:The reality of CC is, in spite of the school system telling us that normal academics would not be disrupted by the CC testing, it has completely been disrupted by the CC testing. The entire 3rd quarter of school has been completely devoted to daily CC practice testing, and then the testing itself. There have been very few things to get them their actual grade for this quarter. So few things that a recent homework assignment, a simple 7-word word search for reading class, had the same weight as a spelling test and counted for 7% of the entire grade. This became a problem since it wasn't marked in the assignment book as something to be turned in.TheCatt wrote:I really have no issue with CC, other than all the whining. God parents whine so fucking much.
There's so much pressure being put on 9 year old kids that they come home crying, hating school, never wanting to go back. Good job, educators.
The school apparently gets money based on the overall results of this CC testing, and the teachers somehow get evaluated according to this CC testing. I don't know the specifics of it, but I have heard it often enough, here and there. Of course the children's actual education is going to get thrown aside for it, because there's money involved, here.
We've already decided to opt him out of it all, next year. School is going to be pissed since he would be one of the top scorers.
PARCC is based on the core belief that assessment should work as a tool for enhancing teaching and learning. Because the assessments are aligned with the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they ensure that every child is on a path to college and career readiness by measuring what students should know at each grade level.